Chapter 24 I Just Want to Close the Country to

the Outside World The leader of the Donghe tribe [Grandmother] came to the outside of the temple to express her gratitude.

She also tactfully expressed the tribe's wishes: they were a branch of the Donghai clan, and although the situation was difficult, they could not violate the clan's belief in prayer.

Winter came early and was colder than ever before. The vast Dong River was frozen over.

This has no effect on the Garlic Tribe.

The tribe now has sufficient and balanced food, including this year's bumper harvest of wheat, potatoes, garlic, as well as fish and meat preserved with salt.

In addition, as the houses have been gradually converted into wooden houses, their ability to block wind and rain has been greatly enhanced, and they are warmer than before.

The most important task for the Garlic Tribe in winter is logging, looking for wood in the forest for heating and as a reserve.

Heavy snow fell for several days in a row, covering the entire tribe with a thick layer of white, and the ditches were frozen. It was so cold that even some birds and rabbits ran to the tribe to find food.

On this day, people from the Donghe tribe walked across the ice carrying their bags.

The cold winter forced them to dismantle their boats to use as firewood for heating, and fishing became dangerous and difficult, as the freezing weather prevented them from breaking through the ice and reaching warmer waters.

The last sea monster also died underwater, but they did not give birth to any new sea monsters.

Suffering from hunger and cold, more than a dozen people from the Donghe tribe had frozen to death or died of disease. They had no choice but to abandon their traditions and come to land to find a way to survive.

[Grandmother] and several female captains knelt outside the temple and prayed to the gods to forgive their previous disrespect.

Lu Yao did not make things difficult for them and let Isabel help them as he had promised.

The situation is stronger than people, we need to eat.

Besides, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Lu Yao needs the Donghe tribe, they can provide a water route and contain the Yanchi tribe.

As the de facto leader of the Garlic Tribe, the prophet received the Donghe Tribe very kindly. Since the days were too short in winter and it was too late to build houses now, the Garlic Tribe allocated some houses for them to live in.

After rescuing the Donghe tribe, something happened in the Garlic tribe that Lu Yao had never expected.

This winter, many babies were suddenly born in the Donghe tribe.

Lu Yao slapped his forehead when he saw this.

We were careless! The Donghe tribe had set their sights on the strong men of the Garlic tribe!

In the tribal period, there was no concept of marriage, let alone monogamy. Everyone was very open-minded. Today I go to your house, tomorrow you go to her house, and we raise the children we give birth to together.

That's about it.

The new babies born in the Donghe tribe included both boys and girls, but none of them turned into sea monsters. They were all normal babies.

[Grandmother] acted very panicked.

"God of Prayer, great God of Prayer, are you still unwilling to forgive the tribe? We have never forgotten your gift and have been working hard to breed sea monsters and offer you leather."

"Why did you leave us...Please God, please protect your people who are in a foreign land once more!"

Of course, these prayers were of no avail.

The women of the Donghe tribe still haven't given birth to a sea monster.

In this regard, Isabel conducted a detailed investigation and came to a conclusion: the so-called women of the Donghe tribe gave birth to sea monsters not because of their abnormal physical constitution, but because of praying to the totem of the gods.

The prayer totem has a special kind of faith fire that will transform newborn male babies. The faith fire will enter the bodies of these sea monster boys, using their lives and reason as fuel, and after burning, it will condense into a thick layer of leather on the surface of the sea monster. Through special sacrifices, this leather can be transformed into the power of faith again.

Simply put, sea monsters are a living crop of faith.

The totem sows the seeds of faith in the baby's body, turning it into a sea monster, which is then raised by the East Sea tribe. Finally, the sea monster skin is sent back to the East Sea clan in exchange for the protection of the totem.

Lu Yao was not particularly surprised by this result.

As he became more and more familiar with the simulator, he realized that every god in this pixel world did everything to gain more faith.

The amount of faith is directly related to the strength of the power of the gods.

Faith is God’s primary productive force.

Because he is a god, there are no taboos.

Any action of the gods will be glorified and will be blindly followed and understood by the believers. At least in the tribal civilization stage, no one will question the greatness and correctness of the gods.

The so-called devil is just the name given by God to heretics.

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After losing their totems, sea monsters and ships, the Donghe tribe became a very weak group on land.

As leaders, [Grandmother] and the female captain were extremely worried and panicked.

However, most of the women in the Donghe tribe were immersed in the simple happiness of having enough food and clothing. After becoming neighbors with the Garlic Tribe, they wore woolen winter clothes, ate wheat and potatoes, and no longer had to worry about not having firewood to keep warm at night.

Especially after giving birth to babies, they spend most of their time taking care of these next generation of lives.

Because these children belonged to both tribes, the Garlic Tribe also spared no effort in providing food and supplies, allowing the women of the Donghe Tribe to survive the winter without any difficulty.

As winter was coming to an end, [Grandmother] led the Donghe tribe away and returned to the Ship Island in Donghe.

They left most of the babies behind, because the Garlic Tribe was undoubtedly a more prosperous and stable tribe, and was more suitable for raising young children than the Donghe Tribe.

So the Garlic Tribe ushered in its first baby boom.

Lu Yao counted them deliberately.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

A total of 34 babies were born this winter, accounting for nearly 1/10 of the total population of the Garlic Tribe.

He counted with a smile on his face.

Please remember to come again next winter.

Against this backdrop of everything going well, a somewhat discordant voice emerged from the Yanchi tribe.

The Yanchi tribe sent a group of people to have a serious negotiation with the prophet.

"The Garlic Tribe has always been our partner, and we have always given the Garlic Tribe the most favorable transaction price for the salt we supply."

"But the Garlic Tribe bypassed us and traded with the dangerous Donghe Tribe. This was unwise and seriously disrupted the trading market and affected the interests of the entire Salt Pond Tribe. So you must stop this behavior and compensate us accordingly."

"Another thing is that the price of salt is rising outside and the tribes are short of salt, so we need to raise the price."

"Of course, if the Garlic Tribe is willing to trade a large amount of wool, we can also make some concessions as appropriate."

In the past they would still pretend to say some polite words, but now their true colors are exposed.

The Yanchi tribe relies on the monopoly of salt and the passage to the outside world.

The prophet answered firmly this time: "These are things that the Garlic Tribe cannot accept. There is no room for negotiation. We welcome any friends who cooperate with us, but we will never accept threats."

"Foolish barbarians!"

"You will regret it!"

"The Salt Pond Tribe no longer considers you friends!"

The people of the Yanchi tribe left in a hurry and went into the mountains to the west.

Lu Yao pointed out the earthquake in the [Miracle] and selected the mountains bordering the Garlic Tribe in the west. As the miracle came, the ground shook and the huge rocks on the mountain kept rolling down.

[Earthquake]! [Earthquake]! [Earthquake]! A total of four earthquakes hit, causing a large area of ​​the mountain to collapse. The edge of the mountains was a mess of rubble, and the passage between the Garlic Tribe and the Salt Pond Tribe was completely cut off.

The people of the Yanchi tribe in the mountains fell into panic.

"It's over, the passage is cut off!"

"This trade route is cut off, and goods can no longer be transported from here."

“The loss is too great!”

"My wool, my garlic!"

Lu Yao clenched his fists.

Want to play economic sanctions?

My buddy started it.

Do you understand what it means to close the country to the outside world?

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(End of this chapter)